Cyber Assurance Manager
US$175,000 – US$221,000 / yr base salary
Posted 28 Sep 2026
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- Expected experience
- 8–12 yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- Hybrid
| Base salary | US$175,000 – US$221,000 / yr |
|---|
Field of studyComputer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
CertificationsCISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, GSLC
Manager, Cyber Assurance
The Manager, Cyber Assurance is responsible for establishing, leading, and continuously maturing the enterprise cybersecurity continuous control testing program. This role oversees the strategy, governance, execution, and continuous improvement of assurance activities designed to evaluate the effectiveness of cybersecurity controls, identify control deficiencies and control drift, and validate alignment with enterprise security policies, standards, regulatory requirements, and risk management objectives.
The Manager leads a team of cybersecurity professionals responsible for planning and executing technical control assessments, control effectiveness reviews, assurance testing, reporting, and remediation oversight across the cybersecurity control environment. This role also provides leadership for talent acquisition, workforce development, documentation management, program governance, metrics, reporting, and stakeholder engagement to help maintain a strong and resilient cybersecurity posture.
This position is ideal for a cybersecurity assurance leader who understands how to build and deliver risk informed assurance over cybersecurity controls while continuously improving enterprise cyber resilience.
Work Arrangement
Candidates must be willing to work a hybrid schedule of 4 days onsite and 1 day remote per week. Remote work is not available for this position.
Eligible hub locations include:
• Phoenix, AZ
• Charlotte, NC
• Johnston, RI
• Boston, MA
• Westwood, MA
• Marlton, NJ
• Irving, TX
Primary Responsibilities
• Lead the strategy, governance, maturity, and continuous improvement of the Cyber Security Assurance Program aligned to enterprise cybersecurity, risk, and resilience objectives.
• Oversee planning, execution, and quality assurance of cybersecurity control testing to validate control design, implementation, and operating effectiveness.
• Define and govern critical asset identification, enhanced control requirements, and assurance activities for the organization's most critical assets.
• Establish and maintain assurance methodologies, standards, testing frameworks, documentation, and quality controls to ensure consistency, repeatability, and audit readiness.
• Monitor threats, emerging technologies, regulatory developments, and business changes to identify impacts to the control environment and assurance strategy.
• Define and report key performance indicators, key risk indicators, control effectiveness measures, testing coverage, and maturity metrics to demonstrate program performance and risk posture.